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PORT AUSTIN
REEF LIGHT
Location: LAKE HURON
Nearest City: PORT AUSTIN
County: HURON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1878
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1878 (TOWER BUILT 1878,
PIER MODIFIED 1899)
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: PIER
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: BUFF
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 60
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1899
- Present Optic: 200 MM GLASS
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 76
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1899
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
Other Structures:
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LICENSE TO PORT AUSTIN REEF LIGHT
ASSOCIATION
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY USCG, SHPO CONCURRENCE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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